Government of New Brunswick
Moncton
Sackville
Bloomfield, Kings County
Sussex
Memramcook
Fredericton
Saint John
Heavy rain
$100,000.00

Affected Areas


General: Southern counties appeared to be the hardest hit. Serious damage resulted in Kings and Saint John Counties, especially along the Bay of Fundy shore. Very little damage occurred on the North Shore. Secondary roads were the hardest hit. Many crops were destroyed or badly damaged. Lower Saint John River Basin: In Sunbury County, one small bridge was washed out but extensive damage resulted to road surfaces. In Kings County, a number of small culverts were washed out as well as a bridge span of 20 feet [6 m]. In Sussex, the foot bridge crossing from Main Street to the military grounds was carried away. The cinder track and tennis courts at the S.A.A.C. athletic field were badly damaged. It was reported that the banks of the Kennebecasis River were full from Sussex to Bloomfield, a distance of 17 miles [27.4 m], and that the river was overflowing its banks west of Bloomfield. Southeastern New Brunswick: At Lewisville, Westmorland County, a mill dam broke and destroyed a portion of highway bridge. Lewisville is on the outskirts on Moncton. Numerous marshes were flooded in the Sackville and Memramcook areas, damaging or delaying the harvest of the hay crop. Southwestern New Brunswick: In Charlotte County, the damage to roads and bridges was slight.
A heavy rainstorm.
The rainstorm was stated "to be the heaviest August rain fall in almost 20 years". The recorded rainfall at Fredericton was 2.97 inches [approx.74 mm]. At Saint John, 5.18 inches [approx. 132 mm] were recorded as falling in ten hours on the night of August 26, and a total of seven inches [175 mm] had fallen by noon on August 28. Sussex Area: A total of eight inches [200 mm] of rain was reported at Sussex, with 5.16 inches of the total falling in a 10 hour period. The freshet was described as the highest in memory on the Kennebecasis River to be caused by rain without snow being on the ground.
The damage to bridges and roads was estimated to be in the order of $100,000. Total damages to provincial works, in the two freshets during 1922 were estimated to be in the order of $450,000. However, it had been reported that only $175,000 had actually been spent on repairs.